Good World Games Aims to Make a Difference Giving Through Fun

Adorable little girl with cerebral palsy receives £21,000 donation from game developer Big Ideas Digital for her operation

In an amazing exhibit of the good that can come from the synergism of internet and fun, University of Washington game creation FoldIt enabled gamers to reveal the structure of a long-researched protein essential to HIVs replication mechanism. 

While scientist have been researching this protein for over 15 years without being able to identify its structure, gamers connected through FoldIt were able to reveal the structure in only 10 days!

This philosophy of “gaming for social good” has taken off in recent years, with games popping up seeking to tackle issues of hunger, poverty, community cohesion, environmental sustainability and education. Toronto-based Good World Games recently released My Conservation Park, a socially conscious game that sees players build and manage a wildlife reserve.

We just relaunched MyConservationPark with a fresh redesign and the new Life Stages feature.  Remember the circle of life from The Lion King? Life stages add the extra challenge of keeping all the life in your park alive and well over time. Try it now!

We love Ian Somerhalder’s work in conservation and with The Ian Somerhalder Foundation so we added him to our game MyConservationPark!

Thank you to Priti at Ecopreneurist for the great piece!

MyConservationPark is a Facebook game, like Farmville but with a social purpose. Developed by Toronto-based Good World Games, the idea behind this game is an imaginative business model that can make a lasting difference.

Sustainable business site Justmeans writes about MyConservationPark!

The recently released social network game, My Conservation Park, uses social innovation to help save the planet. Launched this June, it allows the players to donate to the real world from their game purchases. Good World Games, the developers, pledge 15 percent donations to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, WildAid [and other conservation nonprofits]…all with the mission to help preserve a variety of wildlife, particularly gorillas.

This social innovation game can be played on Facebook. It revolves around players trying to protect the endangered gorilla from environmental and human threats, while at the same time adding native flora and fauna to the area in an effort to create a sustainable habitat. My Conservation Park is both fun and educational, allowing players to manage a variety of virtual parks supporting the protection of diverse endangered wildlife. So far over 4,600 people have “liked” this game on Facebook and the developers are hoping it will become a hit like Zynga’s Farmville.

Thanks you TorontoThumbs for writing such nice things about MyConservationPark!

My Conservation Park is a Facebook game that attempts to bridge the gap between the web and reality in a different way. Developed by Toronto-based Good World Games (they have an office in Liberty Villate), the premise is to run your own conservation park which would, inevitably, show a real-world difference by contributing part of the game revenue to a non-profit partner’s conservation program.

There are lots of features to keep players hooked like daily lotteries (that can result in conservation cash being added to your bank account) and challenges. There are tons of facts about the different flora and fauna in the game, so it’s an ideal candidate for keeping kids busy (so long as you make sure they don’t spend your real money without permission).

I think that Good World Games is doing something great with this title. I hope it makes a difference because we could use more positivity on this planet!

Our first coverage in a newspaper! Proud to say we got a writeup in The Independent, one of the most influential U.K. newspapers!

The trend for social networking games with positive real world environmental impacts continues with the recently released gorilla saving game My Conservation Park.

The game revolves around players trying to protect an endangered animal from environmental and human threats while at the same time adding native flora and fauna to the area in an effort to create a sustainable habitat.